The work was laid out accordingly and ensure it took the full 8hrs of day. There was a proper amount of days off and vacation time with the length of work term. All workers received two days off in a row on a daily basis. I learned how to work with others as well as work independently. The hardest part of the job was to ensure all the work was completed on time. There was a widespread of workplace culture which allowed us all to get a point of view on how everyone else's lives were outside of work. The most enjoyable part of the job was the ability to learn new things every day.

Organized and friendly environment. Working there has been a positive experience, as I ended up learning and developing a wide range of skills, ranging from positive customer interactions to personal time management.

As a technician, be prepared to do repetitive work everyday, that do not need too much thinking. As an analyst, it will be slightly better but soon it will get mundane and repetitive as well, but if you're ok with that, then no problem. As a lab supervisor, be prepared to be slightly overworked, and dealing with bad management and some politics, bureaucracy.

Job is not hard, everything can be learned with time, most enjoyable is probably getting to know many different interesting people of different ethnicity.

The Burnaby branch is unionized, so not much salary negotiations there for non management. For new immigrants, interns, co-ops, or new graduates, it is a good place to start, but it is highly advisable to find somewhere better in the long run.

Pros

may be good for new graduates/immigrants for a short while, place to meet new friends.

Every day is a typical day at work with so many samples to process.Learnt how to process the samples and plated different samples with the appropriate media.Management was great helps the co-workers in the critical positions.workplace was little bit dis-organized.Hardest part of the job was processing lot of samples but yet the job was so fun.

Maxxam is the market leader in Analytic research. It is great place for someone whose starting out their career. The company sees a large amount of employee turnover due to pressures on deadlines and turn around time. The company allows flexibility for most employees to conduct their work as long as it doesn't affect your quality of work.